Gospel: Luke 18:1-8
Jesus told his disciples a parable about the necessity for them to pray
always without becoming weary. He said, “There was a judge in a certain town who
neither feared God nor respected any human being. And a widow in that town used
to come to him and say, ‘Render a just decision for me against my adversary. For
a long time the judge was unwilling, but eventually he thought, ‘While it is
true that I neither fear God nor respect any human being, because this widow
keeps bothering me I shall deliver a just decision for her lest she finally
come and strike me.’ The Lord said, “Pay attention to what the dishonest judge
says. Will not God then secure the rights of his chosen ones who call out to
him day and night? Will he be slow to answer them? I tell you, he will see to
it that justice is done for them speedily. But when the Son of Man comes, will
he find faith on earth?”
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Reflection:
Do we
always pray with persistence? Meaning we pray and pray and never lose heart until
we have what we’ve been praying for. Jesus in our gospel is teaching us that we
must be persistent in prayer. Even if what we’ve been praying seems impossible
in our eyes to have for it’s in our prayer/s where the impossible becomes
possible.
In our
gospel there’s the presence of a heartless judge who feared and respected no one.
Yet when he was pestered by the widow for a just decision he gave-in for the
simple that the widow never gave-up.
If we are
in the shoes of the widow and we know that this judge is impertinent would we
still pursue our request for a decision? Or we simply give-up and if possible
request for another judge who would be more sympathetic to our plight?
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